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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ELEANOR POST CLOSE

Creator(s): John Alfred Piver (Photographer)

On view in: Adam Dressing Room


About this object

This silver-painted wooden frame contains a black and white signed photograph of Eleanor Post Close taken around 1935. In the photograph, Eleanor is shown at bust level, looking towards the camera over her right shoulder. She is wearing around her shoulders a dark fur. The easel back of the frame is covered in faded lavender silk moire

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ELEANOR POST CLOSE
Made from:
Wood -- paper -- silk moiré
Made in:
Hollywood, USA
Date made:
ca. 1935
Size:
29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
34.105
Signature marks:
signature John Alfred Piver / Hollywood lower right corner of photograph signed in script inscription 2733 / 2 back of photograph handwritten label Established 1871 / The Veerhoff / Galleries / Washington DC under easel back of frame The label is a shaped oval; at its center is a line drawing of the Washington Monument.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973